Information Elevated
This video offers a snapshot of data on English learners (ELs) and their access to educators and other support staff based on the analyses of two large federal datasets: the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) and the Common Core of Data (CCD). Educators and support staff in schools include:
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This episode of Information ELevated explores new data on English learners (ELs) with disabilities from the Office of English Language Acquisition's forthcoming 2018–20 Biennial Report. One out of seven (15.3%) identified K–12 ELs was also dually identified as having a disability in school year (SY…
This episode of Information ELevated offers an overview of the data included in OELA’s Biennial Report to Congress.
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Biennial Report Highlights
In 2021, the Department of Education awarded $2.8M+ in grants under the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) Discretionary Grants Program. The funds will be used to support Native American students who are English learners.
The FY2021 NAM recipients included grantees…
This video offers a snapshot of data presented in the 2016–18 Biennial Report to Congress on the Title III State Formula Grant Program. In school year (SY) 2017–18, one in five students (20.4%) in California were identified as an English learner (EL). In Texas, nearly three out of 20 students…
Information ELevated offers a first look at data from OELA’s 2016–18 Biennial Report. This episode provides a snapshot on the number of identified ELs, which increased by 15.5% over the 15-year period between school years (SY) 2002–03 and 2017–18. In SY 2002–03, state educational agencies reported…
This video offers a first look at data from The Office of English Language Acquisition's (OELA) 2016–18 Biennial Report. State educational agencies report on the top five languages spoken by English learners (ELs) each school year. Nationally, the top five languages other than English most commonly…